European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 76, 1965 the stars and stripes Page i top editors hear Viet Story from Asia news expert new Yolk him Donnld Jor cities. No one in his right mimic Aid riven by ibis i out itry ". There via no clearly de-1 ing up from the Bollom of Ihen. Brydon Reci Nelly unlit annl Ilir. 1,1 Nam line. 11111 has to after three years As up general. At Nihl without an escort or at laced just under ii billion news manager for Aslou was one least u company of Troopsprt-f-1 the United states has sent its of the major speakers it the wire Erakly a battalion. Kven during l est officers to train the Viet service s annual breakfast meet the Daylight hours. Lhumi Are few names government forces it ing Here with Many of the a roads that Are Safe for anyone has deployed is bluest an lion s top editors and publisher except the Viet con. Fastest air Force Jet fighters Brydon. Who Swient four weeks areas that were pro Vern and bombers in that urea. It Hasin Viet Nam in february and ment or at least Neutral a Raul naval Force the l a. 7th coverage problems in Viet Nam. Sinary n Central Vietn i win Fleet. Fined front in this War. It was pit. Here who re the enemy was. The front was nowhere thai pretty we in in in Viet Nam today. Annerl the Puonjee stake is another it was every tactic that has been used in Asia fur Ren urics. In this one the " Saf a and Ivov or Are t. & Tik he Tran or enemy s lines an Llu re. We plan and there arc variations. Odonish him bark and � us s Back into the darkness what the american military0 000 Mann no air Law h do in i ,._ we w re on he old erased of the Western press was in be Nuvy and 7.000 self imposed censorship on Cor u has around a Quelain Asih cts of the news cover i,1 minion Imen. In gelling 200 correspondents of varying nationalities and political faiths to agree on any thing much less on anythings sensitive As censorship is almost impossible. Some reporter some of the reporters in Viet Nam have actually asked for Complete military censorship. Their argument is that Only in that Way can a reporter really be sure of what he is doing. But most of the newsmen in Saigon i As elsewhere i Hope do not want censorship. In any event we Are working out our problems with the Ameri can state and defense depart ments and with the vietnamese government and the situation is much improved. I one criticism of the Amerl can military concerns air travel. I one of the facts of life in Southview Nam today is that it is Var j tally impossible to travel any-1where in the country by Automo bile. The roads Are All controlled by the Viet Cong during the night and Niu Ost of them predominated by the pc during the Daylight hours too. Only by air the Only Way to gel to most Points in the country is by the americans have the air planes. Correspondents have noted that when they want to travel to areas where the government has suffered substantial losses there usually Are no planes or helicopters available to take them when the government has scored some notable Victory. I reunited Stales embassy usually will provide one or More planes to Fly the correspondents to the scene. All possible help is give the newsmen in reporting the Good news in Viet news is not necessarily censored but it is a lot harder to obtain the True facts and Tell the full question one of the first questions mos people seem to ask Back Here is a Tough one to answer. The ques Tion is. When the government forces in South Viet Nam out number the Viet Cong by a ratio of five to one und have the postmodern equipment und arms that the United Stales can Supply Why can t the guerrillas be Defeated and peace restored to this embattled nation thai s a pretty Good Youat in incur in one of the excellent final ing sea food restaurants on the Saigon River front you will usually hear mor tar fire from a Viet Cong alack on a nearby Village the fighting gets As close As three or four Miles from the Saigon City limits at is just us jul impossible to drive anywhere outside the my regular and popular a galust them an 7.00 irim a. Side. We were the guerrillas. I but guerrilla warfare really Arter of the greatest modern expert on in t anything new. Many of the guerrilla warfare is general to ladies in ing employed by the. Nguyen of communist Viet Cong today Are a thousand an North vice Nam. Who led the years old. The Are still using these Are simple tactics. Theydon t Cost much. The. Are not Ira Malta. The stories set estimated 42,000 Viet Cong Reg struggle against the French Inu Lur troops and aleut the indo China War More than a Lyllas. Decade United Stales sent 1450 in a Book about that War million in South Viet Nam for against the French military Aid last year. The econ scribed it Lyhl Way he de Hie Man Imp a Cam of a compilation of in total Gnu Crew of casualties. But a Man with a pit in a Jungle Trail Ake Tho ugh h s a St �lllnt3ci 1 in the Man trap the victim fall son Sharp Bamboo stakes Slick Joy at Home or. And mrs. Enrique Cavazos of Fresno calif., rejoice to news that Sailor survives 38 hours in sea Saigon up a Len age american Sailor told officers How he suffered thirst fear and Hall for him to shout for help. the Viet Cong s principal tac Lic and most effective one is Tho ambush. The pc is a master Atixhe ambush and most of the government casualties Are inflicted in that manner. One of the l est methods employed by the Viet Cong is to attack a government outpost Ith a Small Force. Then when the in siege government forc Escall for help from a nearby Gar Rison the Viet Cong Spring their real trap on the larger unit Rush ing to the supposed Rescue. Really Tough one of the reasons the Vietcong have belter troops is that Ihler discipline is belter. The Yare Tough really Tough. If any one gels out of line he is nol Putin jail or fined or transferred to Anoli a Hist. Lie is promptly taken out and shot. There is no trial and there Isno fooling around because lira pc must always be on Tho move. The government can not Ite thai Stern so the villagers fear he Viet Cong More than the government. And it is fear not loyalty that is the key to the sympathy and Stipe sort of the vietnamese peasant. The Viel Cong also has u tac tical advantage because he can spend months studying a Poten tial government target. It might be a District Headquarters or Village chief s House or a troop Garrison or a vice Cong can put on his civilian clothes and go up to Tho target and look it Over carefully. He can count the number of sol Diers on guard. He can study tha defences. He can take his time Ihler son. Rojello ii. Has been rescued from the \ and do his Homework. Then has Outh China sea off Viel Nam. A photo can go Back und organize his at is he classic guerrilla principle of fighting a Battle Only when you Are certain of Victory. Fly. He Hod gone to sleep wearing a life jacket. From the sea by a vietnamese the government must hold Al fishing boat. The fishermen gave its Static positions if ii is going him Waler and Rice and Conlin Itu run the country. It must de in used their fishing for a few More fend thousands of Miles of roads Cim Lions Bobbing helplessly for the Young Sailor floated ._.-38 hours in the South China sea. The Ocean throughout monday hours while the exhausted sail and railways. The Viel Cong can fireman apprentice Rojello night All Day tuesday and on or Lay i non Scioti on the Dpi a hit anywhere along these thou Cavazis 18, was interviewed by j through tuesday night. Of ii in Ixia. Sands of Miles and the govern senior officers Al the u s army Sonu limes he saw glimpses of they finally look him to Llu in men can nol very Well have sol Hospital in Nha Trang where the Shore and Irli Dlo swim to Little Village South of the town Diers standing guard Al every he is under Ireal Mienl for duchy Ward it. Bill the Shore always of Nha Trang the fishermen s spot. Families provided dry clothes fur the Viet Cong Only bus where duration. Shock and sunburn. Receded Novice Sailor from in Sno. Cavazos said he lost win tin wan calif., said he had gone up to scion loess several limes Dii Mii him Toile deck of the destroyer l is his ordeal slept in his life Jark lion an amb Black to sleep on deck " " in his quarters below. He apparently rolled into these the first he knew of it was it d Sailor and took he knows he can win. Or at least hit local Clicc a where he thinks he c m win in Buli inc was an ambush for example Tho Ivla Cit l Slee o dec Ink and of it. And sometimes had Lallu summoned. Viel Civ might fail to so Init i off Nal american Bixik Eshi the. Iraq if the intended . When he hit the water. He knew from the beginning said thai Cava of co Lillon was turns Mil Loik stronger than he that his disappearance would j they said his j Hall anticipated. Enol be noticed for Many hours cruise aboard the Black which the pc would simply Melici Ivazis thrashed to the sur alter he fell off the shop until is now on anti infill ration a away and plan another attack saw the lights of his his duly Lime in the morning. Irol was his first voyage with we i the Odds would to More ship disappearing Loo fur Uway Cavazos Wai. Finally plucked. The Nuvy. 1 in his favor
